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765785399This was the first college in what is now the United States (Like all was made to train ministers)Harvard0
765785400The first blacks brought into what is now the U.S. probably came as ? ? (1619 in Jamestown)indentured servants1
765785401The colonists in Virginia were lulled into a false sense of security because of the ?marriage of John Rolfe to Pocahontas2
765785402In the colonies there were less restrictions against ?women3
765785403This colony required each community of 50 or more families to provide a teacher of reading and writingMassachusetts4
765785404The Aztecs were so receptive to Cortez they were waiting for a white bearded ?god5
765785405This person's importance is that he started a permanent relationship between Europe and the AmericasColumbus6
765785406Roger Williams believed that the state was an improper and ineffectual agency in matters of ?religion7
765785407This was the first constitution in the New WorldThe Mayflower Compact8
765785408The chief purpose of this policy was to strengthen the economy and power of the mother countrymercantilism9
765785409This war occurred because the Wampanoag Indians were frustrated with the land-hungry settlersKing Phillip's War10
765785410This colony's charter was issued to a Roman-CatholicMaryland11
765785411Peter Minuit purchased ? ? from the Indians for 60 guildersManhattan Island12
765785412At his trial, John Peter Zenger won aquittal on the grounds that ? is an adequate defensetruth13
765785413This person was the epitome of the multitalented colonial American-- a newspaper mas, writer, inventor, etc.Benjamin Franklin14
765785414According to Jean de Crevecoeur, "The American is a ? ? "new man15
765785415This was the primary Puritan "social" institutionthe family16
765785416The 1649 Maryland Toleration Act granted religious freedom to all ?christians17
765785417Most of the colonists earned their living by ?farming18
765785418Religious and secular tension led to the ? Trials in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692-93Witchcraft19
765785419The Great Awakening played a part in breaking down sectional and parochial feelings and was the first national ?movement in the English colonies20
765785420This person helped the Pilgrims plant cornSquanto21
765785421Many American colonists did not like the Proclamation of 1763 because it threatened to deprive them of ?the western lands that they desired22
765785422The British maintained a standing army in North America for the first time following this warFrench and Indian23
765785423This was organized to broaden the base of colonial opposition and to show hostility to the Stamp Taxthe Sons of Liberty24
765785424Parliament passed these act as a result of the Boston Tea PartyCoercive/Intolerable acts25
765785425This person said, "Give me liberty or give me death"Patrick Henry26
765785426This was designed to keep the various colonies informed about British activitiesCommittees of Correspondance27
765785427This English political philosopher believed in natural rights-- such as life, liberty, and propertyJohn Locke28
765785428A notorious aspect of Pontiac's Rebellion occurred when a British officer traded blankets infected with ? to the Indianssmallpox29
765785429This act attempted to crack down on smuggling by American merchantsAmerican Revenue/Sugar30
765785430This act gave Parliament the power to legislate in the colonies in all cases whatsoeverdeclatory act31
765785431In his Farewell Address, Washington warned against any ?Permanent Foreign alliances32
765785432This person defended the idea of no taxation without representation by arguing that to tax people without their consent violated English lawJohn Dickenson33
765785433Probably the most effective action the colonists took against the British was drastically reducing ? with Great Britaintrade34
765785434The protest against customs, duties, and the presence of soldiers led to thisBoston Massacre35
765785435This incident involved the burning of a British ship that was used to capture smugglersGaspee36
765785436The First Continental Congress was a reaction to the passage of these actsIntolerable/Coercive37
765785437This was the colonists statement of war against Great Britainthe Declaration of Independence38
765785438Washington surprised the Hessians at ? by crossing the Delaware River the morning after Christmas in 1776Trenton39
765785439In his pamphlet Common Sense, this person defended the idea of American independence on the grounds that people should not pledge allegiance to a king and a corrupt governmentThomas Paine40
765785440A positive outcome of the harsh winter at this place was that the Continental army trained hard and became more disciplinedValley Forge41
765785441Following the Battle of Saratoga, this nation formed an alliance with the U.S.France42
765785442Although the British were quite capable of continuing the war, the loss at this battle brought a more favorable climate to negotiate a peace with the U.S.Yorktown43
765785443Concern over congressional authority to set westward limits to state boundaries created the most bitter debate over the Dickenson draft for a ? during the early years of the American Revolutionconstitution44
765785444The most important part of the Treaty of Paris recognized the ? of the United Statesindependence45
765785445This was the U.S.' first constitutionthe Articles of Confederation46
765785446After the war, U.S. merchants experienced a postwar ?depression47
765785447Under the Articles of Confederation, governmental power was basically in the hands of the ? governmentsstate48
765785448The ? ? of 1785 established the rectangular method of land surveyLand Ordinance49
765785449The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 prohibited ? in northwestern territories to become statesslavery50
765785450This rebellion was a factor leading to the Constitutional ConventionShay's Rebellion51
765785451This person is often called the "Father of the Constitution"James Madison52
765785452The ? dealt with representation in the House of RepresentativesGreat Compromise53
765785453The concern that the Constitution lacked a Bill of Rights accurately describes an argument of this "group" of peopleAnti-Federalists54
765785454The Federalist Papers were written in defense of the Constitution byMadison, Hamilton, and Jay55
765785455This person's economic program was designed primarily to establish the financial stability and credit of the new governmentAlexander Hamilton56
765785456The ? rebellion was spurred by opposition to Hamilton's excise taxWhiskey rebellion57
765785457The ? ? was significant because it gave the U.S. control of the Mississippi River and the city of New OrleansLouisiana Purchase58
765785458In order to prevent further European colonization of the Americas, the U.S. issued the ? ?Monroe Docrine59
765785459This was the first profession open to American womenteaching60
765785460President Andrew Jackson viewed ? as a dangerous and treasonous affront to the unionnullification61
765785461The term "midnight judges" describes the appointments this president made at the end of his term in officeJohn Adams62
765785462The Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison established this principlejudicial review63
765785463This "affair" involved a demand for a bribe by French officialsXYZ affair64
765785464The election of 1800 was contentious and bitter because Federalists in the House of Representatives sought to deny the presidency toThomas Jefferson65
765785465This compromise in 1820 brought Missouri and Maine into the Union as well as denied slavery in the rest of the LA purchaseMissouri Compromise66
765785466An honest appraisal of Jackson's Indian policies reveals that he believed in ? removal after getting legislation passedforced67
765785467The election of 1824 has been known by the term "the corrupt bargain" because it was felt that this man used his influence to determine the stalemate outcomeHenry Clay68
765785468The foreign policy goals of Jefferson and madison before 1812 were to maintain the U.S.' ? rights without going to warneutral69
765785469The ? ? features a strategy in which government jobs are given to supporters of the victorious partyspoils system70
765785470When Henry Clay tried to make the ? ? ? ? ? a key campaign issue in 1832, Jackson turned the tables on him by vehemently opposing re-chartering itBank of the United States71
765785471The Lewis and Clark expedition was known as the ? ? ?Corps of Discovery72
765785472This act passed in 1807 ruined United States shippingembargo act73
765785473The ? Canal was significant because it tied the manufacturing of the East to the farming of the WestErie74
765785474The invention of the ? ? increased southern planters' reliance on slavescotton gin75
765785475These two women were the catalysts for the women rights movement in the late 1840sElizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott76
765785476The Supreme Court's decision in this case strengthened national power over the statesMcCulloch v. Maryland77
765785477Massachusetts represented an example of recruitment of female workers through the ? systemLowell78
765785478During the 1840s this form of transportation became the most dynamic means of interregional traderailroads79
765785479Under the leadership of ? and his brother known as the ? an intertribal confederation of Native Americans was organizedTecumseh and the Prophet80
765785480Transcendentalists believed that intuition and emotion were the keys to finding ?truth81
765785481This convention issued a historic declaration of women's rightsSeneca Falls82
765785482The dominant issue in the election of 1844 was the annexation of ?Texas83
765785483President Lincoln was reluctant to emancipate the slaves in the first year of the Civil War because he feared that emancipation would drive the ? ? out of the Unionborder states84
765785484This freed the slaves of all states in rebellionthe Emancipation Proclamation85
765785485The statement "It is our God-given right to spread our democracy and culture across the continent" would most likely have been said by a believer in ? ?manifest destiny86
765785486Aquiring California was the cornerstone of this president's foreign policyJames K. Polk87
765785487Most northerners began fighting to preserve the ? but also came to see that slavery must be endedUnion88
765785488The ? was a resolution which would forbid slavery in any territory acquired from MexicoWilmot Proviso89
765785489The Compromis of 1850 prohibited the slave trade in the ? ? ?District of Columbia90
765785490This influential novel was written by Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's Cabin91
765785491This person hoped that his raid on Harper's Ferry, VA would start a slave rebellion in the state of VAJohn Brown92
765785492The Compromise of 1850 allowed ? to be admitted as a free stateCalifornia93
765785493According to this person's idea of popular sovereignty the status of slavery in a territory would be determined by the voters in the territoryStephen Douglas94
765785494In this controversial decision, the Supreme Court declared that Congress did not have the right to regulate slavery in the territoriesDred Scott95
765785495The actual fighting of the Mexican War began when the U.S. forces moved into the territory between the Neuces and ? ? riversRio Grande96
765785496This was the first person Lincoln asked to command Union armiesRobert E. Lee97
765785497The most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850 provided for a stronger ? ? lawfugitive slave98
765785498In the controversial Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court declared that blacks were not ? of the United Statescitizens99
765785499One of the factors that led to the defeat of the South in 1865 was ?'s march through GeorgiaWilliam T Sherman100
765785500In the ? Stephen Douglas stated that slavery could exist in a territory only if residents passed a law to protect itFreeport Doctrine101
765785501Lincoln's response to reports that Grant was back to his old drinking habits and should be fired was, "He ?"fights102
765785502? were Northern Democrats suspected of having Confederate symapthiesCopperheads103
765785503The NY ? Riot turned into violence based on social class and racismDraft104
765785504Union victories in the West gave them the key strategic contol of the ? RiverMississippi105
765785505This person was known for performing nursing duties in dangerous Situations as well as later helping found the Red CrossClara Barton106
765785506An ironic frustration for the Confederate gov. was that their belief in ?'s ? harmed the Confederate war effortstate's rights107
765785507This person's efferctive strategy for winning the war was based on coordinating the Union's efforts on all fronts of the warUlysses Grant108
765785508Effects of the Union's takeover of Atlanta included the boosting of ?'s campaign for reelectionAbraham Lincoln109
765785509The Compromise of 1850 a territorial gov. for the rest of the acquisition from Mexico without reference to ?slavery110
765785510President Lincoln suspended the right of ? ? for the purpose of making it easier to arrest and hold suspected Confederate agentshabeas corpus111
765785511One of the factors that led to the defeat of the South in 1865 was ?'s war attrition in VAUlysses Grant112
765785512One of the factors that led to the defeat of the South in 1865 was the Confederacy's failure to obtain ? interventionforeign113
765785513This person invented the phonographThomas Edison114
765785514The purpose of Lincoln's and Jhonson's plan for ? was to encourage rapid re-admission of ex-Confederate states into the UnionReconstruction115
765785515In urban, working-class neighborhoods of the early twentieth century, ? groups lived in mixed neighboring sections of townthnic116
765785516This Scottish immigrant started as a $1.20 a week bobbin boy and developed an empire in steelAndrew Carnegie117

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